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Local and regional food systems, organics, healthy food access, and rural development all received improved funding under the new farm bill as well as suffered from missed opportunities in the very

Endcap Articles February 14, 2014
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Congress is being asked to “fast-track” the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would prevent many of its outrageous provisions, designed by and for multinational corporations, from getting the debate

Endcap Articles January 16, 2014
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The 19th century cooperative movement also originated the cooperative land trust.  Both are part of longstanding campaigns to preserve the commons and the commonwealth against private concentration

Endcap Articles December 4, 2013

The Co-op Natural Foods Store in Sioux Falls suffered a devasting fire early on Sunday.

Endcap Articles January 20, 2014
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Trust, local investment, and a strong and supportive food co-op.

Endcap Articles March 25, 2014

An impressive surge of expansion and new food co-ops is happening in many areas, and Maine is a great example.  The number of food co-ops in the state will soon double over recent years, it appears

Endcap Articles March 12, 2014
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Just published: a new, in-depth look at food co-ops in the greater metropolitan Minneapolis-St.

Endcap Articles April 15, 2014
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Efforts to reduce waste and energy consumption in the supply chain are detailed in a new report from the Sustainable Food Trade Association http://www.

Endcap Articles May 1, 2014
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New food co-ops continue their very strong growth, with more than 50 new cooperatives opening stores since 2009 – and more opening in 2014.  These groups are located all over the U.S.

Endcap Articles May 18, 2014
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Hosted by the Cooperative Development Foundation, the Cooperative Hall of Fame gives the highest recognition among U.S.

Endcap Articles May 20, 2014
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The Evergreen Cooperatives initiative in Cleveland has gotten a lot of notice for its vision of urban revitalization based on a complex of worker cooperatives in partnership with supportive local i

Endcap Articles June 2, 2014
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A helpful introduction to Elinor Ostrom's writings on the commons is found in a comment by Derek Wall at STIR, a site focused on “Co-ops. Community.

Endcap Articles June 10, 2014
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A 2012 study that identified serious health effects from feeding GMO (genetically modified organisms) corn and the Monsanto corporation’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup has been strongly reaffi

Endcap Articles June 26, 2014

Food co-ops are hardly the only ones experiencing greater competitive pressures.

Endcap Articles December 7, 2015
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A discussion on how to govern co-ops effectively, especially large ones, has been recharged by the recent closure of Co-op Atlantic.

Endcap Articles January 20, 2016
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The newest (2016) version of a very informative chart, “Who Owns Organics,” has been made available by its author, Dr.

Endcap Articles January 28, 2016

Myths and prejudice about food stamp (SNAP) recipients received front-page reinforcement in the New York Times recently, in an article and photo telling us that SNAP recipients purchase “a l

Endcap Articles January 19, 2017

Fair trade bananas enable small producers to survive and thrive -- IF they organize as cooperatives.  Organized demand through consumer cooperatives also is key.  For background on these production

Endcap Articles March 17, 2017

The March 2017 Up & Coming food co-op conference featured larger-than-ever attendance and a training program of increased depth and breadth.

Endcap Articles March 18, 2017

The board of directors of Amazing Grains, a small co-op in Grand Forks, North Dakota, announced the co-op’s imminent dissolution—the notification came just before the co-op’s annual meeting on Apri

Endcap Articles May 1, 2017